It's a 1930s house, the sides of the chimney breast are not 'true'.

This how we wall-paper a chimney breast.

On one side it's width went top 25.2cm, middle 26.2, bottom 25.9.

Make good the walls in the home with new blocks, plasterboard, skirting boards etc as required. Applying wallpaper to a chimney breast might seem challenging, but it’s actually a lot easier than you might expect and there’s no real special technique to it. The wallpaper on the chimney breast is Little Greene Cones Lint Wallpaper, the wallpaper in the alcove is Little Greene Norcombe Welkin Wallpaper. Create a stylish focal point in just a few hours with our step-by step guide. Do this by marking the centre of the chimney on the wall then mark half a width of paper to the right (or left) and draw a long line down the wall from this using a spirit level (or plumb line) to make sure you produce a datum line that is exactly Vertical. Wallpaper the chimney breast or alcoves? On a chimney-breast (or other prominent feature) Calculate the number of widths of wallpaper which will fit across the chimney-breast - if the next highest number is odd, use method 1 below, if the next highest number is even, use method 2 below. My daughter's bedroom has a narrow chimney breast running through it, from the fire in the room below. We are redecorating it for her at the moment and most of the walls will be painted, but she wants this chimney breast papered as a feature. 2. Whether you have a working log burner or an empty fireplace you’re looking to transform, here are some of our top chimney breast wallpaper ideas at I Want Wallpaper. How to wallpaper a chimney breast 1. Use your chalked line to position the paper in the centre,... 4. Which option you choose will depend on the exact design of your wallpaper, and possibly how wide the chimney breast is in relation to your wallpaper width. Hygroscopic salts in plasterwork (in bedrooms either side of chimney breast) Flush doors/hinged wall covering alcove shelves either side of the chimney; Is this chimney salts or rising damp what is the best course of action; Damp on chimney breast wall 1st floor bedroom See more ideas about Chimney breast, Home decor and Home living room. My daughter's bedroom has a narrow chimney breast running through it, from the fire in the room below. From glueing, pushing down to edging Start in the middle of the chimney breast. Support the chimney breast in the loft by securing gallows brackets under the chimney. Wallpapering a chimney breast options. We’ve recently built a false chimney breast with integrated TV, which lots of you have asked how to do, so here is the step by step guide! Measure the width of your chimney breast. Do this by marking the centre of the chimney on the wall then mark half a width of paper to the right (or left) and draw a long line down the wall from this using a spirit level (or plumb line) to make sure you produce a datum line that is exactly Vertical.